Terminal, radio communication method, base station, and system

ABSTRACT

A terminal is disclosed including a receiver a receiver that receives a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including comprising information regarding reconfiguration with synchronization; and a processor that monitors a quasi co-location of a demodulation reference signal antenna port for a downlink control channel in a control resource set based on information regarding random access resources within the information regarding the reconfiguration with synchronization. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a user terminal in next-generationmobile communication systems.

BACKGROUND ART

In the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network, thespecifications of Long Term Evolution (LTE) have been drafted for thepurpose of further increasing high speed data rates, providing lowerlatency and so on (see Non-Patent Literature 1). For the purpose offurther high capacity, advancement of LTE (LTE Rel. 8, Rel. 9), and soon, the specifications of LTE-A (LTE-Advanced, LTE Rel. 10 to Rel. 14)have been drafted.

Successor systems of LTE (referred to as, for example, “FRA (FutureRadio Access),” “5G (5th generation mobile communication system),”“5G+(plus),” “NR (New Radio),” “NX (New radio access),” “FX (Futuregeneration radio access),” “LTE Rel. 14,” “LTE Rel. 15” (or laterversions), and so on) are also under study.

In an initial access in NR, at least one of detection of asynchronization signal block (SSB), acquisition of broadcast information(e.g., master information block (MIB)) transmitted by a broadcastchannel (also referred to as a “PBCH (Physical Broadcast Channel),”“P-BCH,” and so on), and establishment of a connection by random accessis performed.

Here, the SSB is a signal block including at least one of asynchronization signal (e.g., a primary synchronization signal (PSS), asecondary synchronization signal (SSS (Primary Synchronization Signal)))and a PBCH and is also referred to as a “SS/PBCH block,” and so on.

CITATION LIST Non-Patent Literature

Non-Patent Literature 1: 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 “Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal TerrestrialRadio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2 (Release8),” April, 2010

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

For NR, it is studied that a user terminal determines quasi-co-location(QCL) about a control resource set (CORESET) (for example, CORESET #0)configured based on an MIB or system information block (SIB) 1, based onan SSB (or an index of the SSB).

However, it is assumed that the QCL relationship between the SSB and theCORESET changes by movement of the user terminal, and the like. Thus, itis desired that the QCL about the CORESET can be modified for the userterminal which has changed from an idle state (RRC Idle) to a connectedstate (RRC Connected) by an initial access.

However, at least one of a need to prescribe new signaling for themodification (for example, at least one of RRC (Radio Resource Control)signaling and MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling) and complexity ofthe processes in the user terminal might arise to modify the QCL aboutthe CORESET.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above, and an objectof the present disclosure is to provide a user terminal that can controlquasi-co-location about a CORESET appropriately.

Solution to Problem

A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosureincludes: a receiving section that receives an RRC (Radio ResourceControl) reconfiguration message including information aboutreconfiguration with sync; and a control section that controlsquasi-co-location about a control resource set, based on informationabout resources for random access in the information about thereconfiguration.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, quasi-co-locationabout the CORESET can be controlled appropriately.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram to show an example of a configuration of CORESET #0based on an MIB;

FIG. 2 is a diagram to show an example of an RRC reconfiguration messageused in reconfiguration with sync;

FIG. 3 is a diagram to show an example of determination of a TCI stateof CORSET #0 according to a first aspect;

FIG. 4 is a diagram to show an example of determination of a TCI stateof CORSET #0 according to a second aspect;

FIG. 5 is a diagram to show an example of a schematic structure of aradio communication system according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a diagram to show an example of an overall structure of theradio base station according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a diagram to show an example of a functional structure of theradio base station according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a diagram to show an example of an overall structure of theuser terminal according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a diagram to show an example of a functional structure of theuser terminal according to the present embodiment; and

FIG. 10 is a diagram to show an example of a hardware structure of theradio base station and the user terminal according to the presentembodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

In an initial access in NR, at least one of detection of asynchronization signal block (SSB), acquisition of broadcast information(e.g., master information block (MIB)) transmitted by a broadcastchannel (also referred to as a “PBCH (Physical Broadcast Channel),”“P-BCH,” and so on), and establishment of a connection by random accessis performed.

Specifically, the user terminal detects an SSB, and determines a controlresource set (CORESET) for system information (for example, SIB1 (SystemInformation Block 1), RMSI (Remaining Minimum System Information)),based on information (for example, MIB) transmitted on the PBCH.

The CORESET is allocation candidate regions of a downlink controlchannel (for example, PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel)). The“CORESET for SIB1” is a CORESET where the PDCCH (or DCI) is allocatedwhile used for scheduling of a downlink shared channel (for example,PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel)) for transmitting SIB1. The“CORESET for SIB1” is also referred to as “CORESET #0,”“controlResourceSetZero,” “common CORESET,” “common CORESET #0,” a “cellspecific CORESET,” and the like.

One or more search spaces may be associated with CORESET #0. The searchspaces may include at least one of a search space (common search space(CSS)) used for monitoring of (cell specific) DCI common to one or moreuser terminals and a search space (UE specific search space (USS)) usedfor monitoring of user terminal specific DCI.

For example, a search space (or a set of search spaces) associated withCORESET #0 may include at least one of the following:

-   -   search space #0 (searchSpaceZero);    -   search space for SIB1 (type 0 PDCCH common search space,        searchSpaceSIB);    -   search space for OSI (Other System Information) (type OA PDCCH        common search space, searchSpace-OSI);    -   search space for paging (type 2 PDCCH common search space,        pagingSearchSpace);    -   search space for random access (type 1 PDCCH common search        space, ra-SearchSpace).

The user terminal may configure CORESET #0, based on an index (alsoreferred to as “pdcch-ConfigSIB1,” “RMSI-PDCCH-Config,” and the like) inthe MIB.

FIG. 1 is a diagram to show an example of a configuration of CORESET #0based on an MIB. As shown in FIG. 1, the MIB may include a certain bitnumber (for example, 8 bits) of pdcch-ConfigSIB1. The user terminalconfigures at least one of frequency domain resources (also referred toas a “bandwidth” or “resource blocks (RBs, PRBs (Physical ResourceBlocks)),” the “number of RBs,” and the like) and time domain resources(also referred to as a “period” or “symbols,” the “number of symbols,”and the like) allocated to CORESET #0, based on bit values of at leastone of pdcch-ConfigSIB1.

For example, in FIG. 1, the user terminal may determine the number ofRBs (N^(CORESET) _(RB)) the number of symbol (N^(CORESET) _(symb)) anoffset of RBs associated with an index indicated by 4 bits (for example,most significant 4 bits (MSB (Most Significant bit))) ofpdcch-ConfigSIB1 for CORESET #0. The user terminal may determine searchspace #0, based on the rest of 4 bits (for example, least significant 4bits (LSB (Least Significant bit))) of pdcch-ConfigSIB1.

Note that values associated with indices in FIG. 1 are only examples andare not limited to those illustrated. For example, each value may bemodified based on at least one of the minimum channel bandwidth and thesubcarrier spacing.

The bandwidth of CORESET #0 may be expressed in other words with a“bandwidth of a bandwidth part (BWP) for the initial access” (alsoreferred to as an “initial BWP,” and the like). Here, the BWP is apartial band in a carrier (a component carrier (CC), a cell, a servingcell, a system bandwidth), and the BWP may include a BWP for the uplink(uplink BWP) and a BWP for the downlink (downlink BWP).

For example, for the user terminal, one or more BWPs (at least one ofone or more uplink BWPs and one or more downlink BWPs) may beconfigured, and at least one of configured BWPs may be activated. Theactivated BWP is also referred to as an “active BWP,” and the like.

Alternatively, the user terminal may determine CORESET #0, based on aparameter (also referred to as “controlResourceSetZero,” and the like)for CORESET #0 in SIB′. The controlResourceSetZero (for example, 4 bits)may be interpreted as corresponding bits (for example, most significant4 bits) in pdcch-ConfigSIB1 in the MIB.

For example, the user terminal may determine the number of RBs(N^(CORESET) _(RB)), the number of symbols (N^(CORESET) _(symb)), anoffset of RBs associated with an index indicated bycontrolResourceSetZero for CORESET #0 in FIG. 1.

Note that controlResourceSetZero in SIB1 may be configured for eachserving cell or for each downlink BWP. Even if configuration information(pdcchConfigCommon) of the PDCCH in the initial BWP (BWP #0) includescontrolResourceSetZero, the user terminal may acquire parameters forCORESET #0 regardless of the current active BWP.

The user terminal may assume that an antenna port of a demodulationreference signal (DMRS) of the PDCCH in CORESET #0 (or a search spaceassociated with CORESET #0) configured based on the MIB or SIB1 and thedetected SSB are in a relation of quasi-co-location (QCL) as above.

The QCL is an indicator to indicate statistical properties of at leastone (channel/signal) of a channel and a signal. For example, a certainsignal and another signal being in a relation of QCL means that it canbe assumed that at least one of doppler shift, doppler spread, averagedelay, delay spread, spatial parameter (for example, spatial rxparameter) is the same (in QCL with respect to at least one of these)among these plurality of different signals.

Information about QCL may be referred to as a “state of TCI(Transmission Configuration Indication or Transmission ConfigurationIndicator) (TCI state (TCI-state)).” The TCI state may be identified bya certain identifier (TCI state ID (TCI-StateId)).

As QCL, a plurality of types (QCL types) may be prescribed. For example,four QCL types A to D varying in parameters (or parameter sets) that canbe assumed to be the same may be provided. The parameters are indicatedin the following:

-   -   QCL type A: doppler shift, doppler spread, average delay and        delay spread;    -   QCL type B: doppler shift and doppler spread;    -   QCL type C: doppler shift and average delay; and    -   QCL type D: spatial RX parameter.

Note that “the TCI states being the same or different between aplurality of channels/signals” is the same meaning as “a plurality ofchannels/signals being transmitted or received by using different beamsor the same beam (or transmission and reception point (TRP)).” When theTCI states are different, the user terminal can assume thatchannels/signals are transmitted by different beams (TRPs). The “TRP”may be expressed in other words with a “network,” a “radio basestation,” an “antenna apparatus,” an “antenna panel,” a “serving cell,”a “cell,” a “component carrier (CC)” or a “carrier,” and the like.

As above, in a case that the TCI state of CORESET #0 is not modifiedafter the TCI state of CORESET #0 is determined at the time of theinitial access, communication may not be performed appropriately.

For example, in a case that the TCI state of CORESET #0 is not modifiedin a case that the TCI state of another CORESET is modified, the otherCORESET and CORESET #0 may not be configured to the same time domainresources (for example, symbols). This is because the user terminalcannot monitor PDCCHs of different analog beams at the same time.

In a case that the TCI state of CORESET #0 has become not appropriate bymovements of the user terminal, and the like, it is assumed that aninappropriate TCI state is used even though there is a more appropriateTCI state (beam, and the like). In this case, information (for example,SIB1) based on the PDCCH in CORESET #0 may not be received appropriatelyin the case that the TCI state of CORESET #0 is not modified.

Similar problems can also occur for the TCI state of CORESET #0determined not only at the time of the initial access but also at thetime of handover or addition of a cell group (secondary cell group(SCG)) including a primary secondary cell (PSCell (Primary SecondaryCell Group)).

Thus, various kinds of methods to modify the TCI state of CORESET #0 forthe user terminal in the connected state (for example, RRC connectedstate) after the TCI state of CORESET #0 is determined have beenstudied.

However, at least one of a need to prescribe new signaling for themodification (for example, at least one of RRC signaling and MACsignaling) and complexity of the processes in the user terminal mightarise to modify the TCI state of the CORESET #0.

Then the innovators have focused on the point that the TCI state ofCORESET #0 can be modified without prescribing new signaling formodifications of the TCI state of CORESET #0 or while preventing thecomplexity of the processes in the user terminal by utilizing signalingof reconfiguration with sync and resulted in the present invention.

The present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to thedrawings as follows.

In the present embodiment, the “reconfiguration with sync” may be arandom access procedure with reconfiguration of RRC and, for example,may be performed at the time of handover or addition of a SCG. In thereconfiguration with sync, when the user terminal receives an RRCreconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message including a parameter(reconfigurationWithSync) for the reconfiguration with sync, the userterminal may perform at least one of the following operations:

-   -   initiating synchronization of DL of a target special cell        (SpCell) and acquiring the MIB of the special cell;    -   resetting the MAC entity of a cell group;    -   configuring lower layers according to the common configuration        information (also referred to as “spCellConfigCommon,”        “ServingCellConfigCommon,” and the like) about the special cell        in reconfigurationWithSync;    -   random access procedure based on the configuration information        (rach-ConfigDedicated) about the random access included in        reconfigurationWithSync;    -   measurement based on the configuration information (MeasConfig)        for the measurement in the RRC reconfiguration message.

Here, the “special cell (SpCell)” is a primary cell (PCell) in a mastercell group (MCG) or a PSCell in a SCG in dual connectivity (DC), or maybe a PCell except for DC.

FIG. 2 is a diagram to show an example of an RRC reconfiguration messageaccording to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the RRCreconfiguration message may include configuration information(CellGroupConfig) for each cell group. A cell group may include theabove-mentioned MCG and SCG.

CellGroupConfig for each cell group may include configurationinformation (SpCellConfig) about the special cell. SpCellConfig mayinclude the above-described reconfigurationWithSync.

reconfigurationWithSync may include at least one of the above-describedspCellConfigCommon, an identifier of the user terminal (for example, avalue of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI)), configurationinformation (rach-ConfigDedicated) about the random access in the uplinkor SUL (SupplementaryUplink), and the like.

rach-ConfigDedicated may include parameters (cfra, CFRA) for the randomaccess (for example, contention free random access (CFRA)). In a casethat the rach-ConfigDedicated is not configured, the user terminal mayperform contention based random access (CBRA).

The CFRA may include information (also referred to as “ssb,”“ssb-ResourceList, CFRA-SSB-Resource,” and the like) about resources(SSB resources) for one or more SS/PBCH blocks (SSBs) or information(also referred to as “csirs,” “csirs-ResourceList,”“CFRA-CSIRS-Resource,” and the like) about resources (CSI-RS resources)for one or more channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RS) asinformation (resources) about resources for the random access (forexample, the CFRA).

Each CFRA-SSB-Resource may include an index of the SSB (SSB index) andthe index (ra-PreambleIndex) of the preamble (RA preamble) for therandom access.

Each CFRA-CSIRS-Resource may include an index of the CSI-RS resources(CSI-RS index) and an index of the RA preamble (ra-PreambleIndex).

Note that the layered structure of the RRC reconfiguration message shownin FIG. 2 is only an example and is not limited to this.

The user terminal may determine the TCI state of CORESET #0, based oninformation (for example, the above-described CFRA-SSB-Resource orCFRA-CSIRS-Resource) about resources for the random access inreconfigurationWithSync.

(First Aspect)

In a first aspect, a case that the RA preamble is associated with theSSB in “reconfiguration with sync” will be described.

In the first aspect, reconfigurationWithSync in the RRC reconfigurationmessage may include information (the above-described CFRA-SSB-Resource)to associate each SSB index with an index of each RA preamble asinformation about the resources for the random access.

In the first aspect, the user terminal may assume that an antenna portof a DMRS of the PDCCH in CORESET #0 is quasi-co-located with a certainSSB specified by CFRA-SSB-Resource. The antenna port of the DMRS may beone or more antenna ports, and may be referred to as an “antenna portgroup,” a “DMRS port group,” and the like.

FIG. 3 is a diagram to show an example of determination of a TCI stateof CORSET #0 according to the first aspect. In FIG. 3, an example of acase that CFRA-SSB-Resource is included in information (resources) aboutthe resources for the CFRA, in other words, a case that the RA preambleis associated with the SSB is shown.

As shown in FIG. 3, each SSB of a plurality of SSB indices may betransmitted by using different beams (also referred to as “TCI states”or “SSB resources,” and the like) in the time direction.

In FIG. 3, in a case that a network (for example, base station, TRP orgNB (gNodeB), and the like) makes the user terminal in the connectedstate modify the TCI state of CORESET #0, the network includes, totransmit, an SSB index associated with an index of each RA preamble ineach CFRA-SSB-Resource in reconfigurationWithSync in the RRCreconfiguration message transmitted in the “reconfiguration with sync.”

For example, in FIG. 3, the network may transmit including fourCFRA-SSB-Resource which respectively include SSB indices #0 to #3 andindices of the RA preamble associated with SSB indices #0 to #3, inreconfigurationWithSync in the RRC reconfiguration message. The userterminal receives four CFRA-SSB-Resource including SSB indices #0 to #3and the indices of the RA preamble respectively associated with SSBindices #0 to #3.

In the “reconfiguration with sync,” the user terminal selects (detects)the certain SSB from one or more SSBs specified in CFRA-SSB-Resource.For example, in FIG. 3, the user terminal may select (detect) SSB #1,based on reception characteristics (for example, received power) fromSSBs #0 to #3.

The user terminal may transmit RA preamble #1 associated with selected(detected) SSB #1. The network can control received beam of RA preamble#1 appropriately by using RA preamble #1 associated with SSB #1.

The user terminal assumes the TCI state of CORESET #0, based on thedetected SSB (SSB index). In other words, the user terminal assumes thatthe detected SSB (SSB index) is quasi-co-located with the antenna portof the DMRS of the PDCCH in CORESET #0 (or the search space associatedwith CORESET #0). For example, the QCL may relate to average gain, QCLtype A, or QCL type D.

In other words, the user terminal may assume that the detected SSB (SSBindex) is quasi-co-located with the antenna port of the DMRS of thePDCCH in CORESET #0 as the TCI state of CORESET #0.

In this way, in the first aspect, in the “reconfiguration with sync,”the SSB index specified by CFRA-SSB-Resource in reconfigurationWithSyncin the RRC reconfiguration message is used not only for thespecification of the RA preamble, but also for the modifications of theTCI states of CORESET #0 of the user terminal in the connected state.

The CFRA-SSB-Resource is already prescribed for other applications (forexample, optimization of the received beam of the RA preamble in thenetwork, and the like) except the modifications of the TCI states ofCORESET #0 for signaling of the “reconfiguration with sync.”

Therefore, by assuming the TCI state of CORESET #0, based on thedetected SSB from one or more SSBs specified in the CFRA-SSB-Resource,the TCI state of CORESET #0 can be modified without prescribing newsignaling. The complexity of the processes of the user terminal with themodifications of the TCI states of the CORESET #0 can be prevented.

(Second Aspect)

In a second aspect, a case that the RA preamble is associated with theCSI-RS resources in “reconfiguration with sync” will be described.

In the first aspect, reconfigurationWithSync in the RRC reconfigurationmessage may include information (the above-describedCFRA-CSIRS-Resource) to associate each CSI-RS index with an index ofeach RA preamble as information about the resources for the randomaccess.

In the first aspect, the user terminal may assume that an antenna portof a DMRS of the PDCCH in CORESET #0 is quasi-co-located to the SSBquasi-co-located with the certain CSI-RS resources specified byCFRA-CSIRS-Resource. The antenna port of the DMRS may be one or moreantenna ports, and may be referred to as an “antenna port group,” a“DMRS port group,” and the like.

FIG. 4 is a diagram to show an example of determination of a TCI stateof CORSET #0 according to the second aspect. In FIG. 4, an example of acase that CFRA-CSIRS-Resource is included in information (resources)about the resources for the CFRA, in other words, a case that the RApreamble is associated with the CSI-RS is shown.

Similar to FIG. 3, in FIG. 4, each SSB of a plurality of SSB indices maybe transmitted by using different beams (also referred to as “TCIstates” or “SSB resources,” and the like) in the time direction. In FIG.4, differences from FIG. 3 will be mainly described.

In FIG. 4, in a case that the network (for example, base station, TRP orgNB, and the like) makes the user terminal in the connected state modifythe TCI state of CORESET #0, the network includes, to transmit, anCSI-RS index associated with an index of each RA preamble in eachCFRA-CSIRS-Resource in reconfigurationWithSync in the RRCreconfiguration message transmitted in the “reconfiguration with sync.”

For example, in FIG. 4, the network may include, to transmit, fourCFRA-CSIRS-Resources which respectively include CSI-RS index #0 to #3and indices of the RA preamble respectively associated with the CSI-RSindex #0 to #3, in reconfigurationWithSync in the RRC reconfigurationmessage. The user terminal receives four CFRA-SSB-Resource includingCSI-RS indices #0 to #3 and the indices of the RA preamble respectivelyassociated with the CSI-RS indices #0 to #3.

The RRC reconfiguration message transmitted in the “reconfiguration withsync” may include configuration information (MeasConfig) formeasurement. MeasConfig may include information (also referred to as“MeasObjectNR,” “ReferenceSignalConfig,”“CSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobility,” and the like) about measurement (atleast one of intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequencymeasurement) using one or more CSI-RSs.

Each CSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobility may include information(associatedSSB) for associating the CSI-RS index, the CSI-RS (or CSI-RSresources), and the SSB (SSB index), and the like. For example,associatedSSB in each CSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobility may includeinformation (isQuasiColocated) to indicate whether the SSB indexassociated with the CSI-RS index and the CSI-RS resources of the CSI-RSindex are quasi-co-located (QCLed) with the SSB of the SSB index inspatial parameters.

For example, in FIG. 4, associatedSSB in fourCSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobility may indicate that CSI-RS resources #0 to#3 are associated with SSBs #0 to #3, respectively, and CSI-RS resources#0 to #3 are in QCL with SSBs #0 to #3, respectively.

Note that, in FIG. 4, CSI-RS resources #0 to #3 are multiplexed in thetime domain, but may be multiplexed in at least one of the frequencydomain and the time domain without being limited to this.

In the “reconfiguration with sync,” the user terminal selects (detects)the certain CSI-RS resource from the CSI-RS resources specified inCFRA-CSIRS-Resource. For example, in FIG. 4, the user terminal selects(detects) CSI-RS resource #1, based on reception characteristics (forexample, received power, RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power)) fromCSI-RSs #0 to #3.

The user terminal determines SSB #1 which is in a relation of QCL withselected (detected) CSI-RS resource #1, based on the above-describedassociatedSSB. The user terminal may transmit RA preamble #1 associatedwith CSI-RS index #1, based on the above-described CFRA-CSIRS-Resource.The network can control received beam of RA preamble #1 appropriately byusing RA preamble #1 associated with CSI-RS resource #1.

The user terminal assumes the TCI state of CORESET #0, based on the SSB(SSB index) associated with CSI-RS resource #1. In other words, the userterminal assumes that the SSB (SSB index) associated with CSI-RSresource #1 is quasi-co-located with the antenna port of the DMRS of thePDCCH in CORESET #0 (or the search space associated with CORESET #0).For example, the QCL may relate to average gain, QCL type A, or QCL typeD.

In other words, the user terminal may assume that CSI-RS resource #1 isquasi-co-located with the antenna port of the DMRS of the PDCCH inCORESET #0 as the TCI state of CORESET #0.

In this way, in the second aspect, in the “reconfiguration with sync,”the CSI-RS index specified by CFRA-CSIRS-Resource inreconfigurationWithSync in the RRC reconfiguration message is used notonly for the specification of the RA preamble, but also for themodifications of the TCI states of CORESET #0 of the user terminal inthe connected state.

The CFRA-CSIRS-Resource is already prescribed for other applications(for example, optimization of the received beam of the RA preamble inthe network, and the like) except the modifications of the TCI states ofCORESET #0 for signaling of the “reconfiguration with sync.” Theabove-described associatedSSB indicating the SSB that is in a relationof QCL with the CSI-RS resources specified by CFRA-CSIRS-Resource isalready prescribed for signaling of the “reconfiguration with sync” forother applications (for example, CSI-RS based measurement, and the like)except the modifications of the TCI states of CORESET #0.

Therefore, by selecting the CSI-RS resource from one or more CSI-RSresources specified in the CFRA-CSIRS-Resource, and assuming the TCIstate of CORESET #0, based on the SSB that is in a relation of QCL withthe CSI-RS resource, the TCI state of CORESET #0 can be modified withoutprescribing new signaling. The complexity of the processes of the userterminal with the modifications of the TCI states of the CORESET #0 canbe prevented.

(Radio Communication System)

Hereinafter, a structure of a radio communication system according tothe present embodiment will be described. In this radio communicationsystem, the radio communication method according to each embodiment ofthe present disclosure described above may be used alone or may be usedin combination for communication.

FIG. 5 is a diagram to show an example of a schematic structure of theradio communication system according to the present embodiment. A radiocommunication system 1 can adopt carrier aggregation (CA) and/or dualconnectivity (DC) to group a plurality of fundamental frequency blocks(component carriers) into one, where the system bandwidth in an LTEsystem (for example, 20 MHz) constitutes one unit.

Note that the radio communication system 1 may be referred to as “LTE(Long Term Evolution),” “LTE-A (LTE-Advanced),” “LTE-B (LTE-Beyond),”“SUPER 3G,” “IMT-Advanced,” “4G (4th generation mobile communicationsystem),” “5G (5th generation mobile communication system),” “NR (NewRadio),” “FRA (Future Radio Access),” “New-RAT (Radio AccessTechnology),” and so on, or may be referred to as a system implementingthese.

The radio communication system 1 includes a radio base station 11 thatforms a macro cell C1 of a relatively wide coverage, and radio basestations 12 (12 a to 12 c) that form small cells C2, which are placedwithin the macro cell C1 and which are narrower than the macro cell C1.Also, user terminals 20 are placed in the macro cell C1 and in eachsmall cell C2. The arrangement, the number, and the like of each celland user terminal 20 are by no means limited to the aspect shown in thediagram.

The user terminals 20 can connect with both the radio base station 11and the radio base stations 12. It is assumed that the user terminals 20use the macro cell C1 and the small cells C2 at the same time by meansof CA or DC. The user terminals 20 can execute CA or DC by using aplurality of cells (CCs).

Between the user terminals 20 and the radio base station 11,communication can be carried out by using a carrier of a relatively lowfrequency band (for example, 2 GHz) and a narrow bandwidth (referred toas, for example, an “existing carrier,” a “legacy carrier” and so on).Meanwhile, between the user terminals 20 and the radio base stations 12,a carrier of a relatively high frequency band (for example, 3.5 GHz, 5GHz, and so on) and a wide bandwidth may be used, or the same carrier asthat used between the user terminals 20 and the radio base station 11may be used. Note that the structure of the frequency band for use ineach radio base station is by no means limited to these.

The user terminals 20 can perform communication by using time divisionduplex (TDD) and/or frequency division duplex (FDD) in each cell.Furthermore, in each cell (carrier), a single numerology may beemployed, or a plurality of different numerologies may be employed.

Numerologies may be communication parameters applied to transmissionand/or reception of a certain signal and/or channel, and for example,may indicate at least one of a subcarrier spacing, a bandwidth, a symbollength, a cyclic prefix length, a subframe length, a TTI length, thenumber of symbols per TTI, a radio frame structure, a particular filterprocessing performed by a transceiver in a frequency domain, aparticular windowing processing performed by a transceiver in a timedomain, and so on. For example, if certain physical channels usedifferent subcarrier spacings of the OFDM symbols constituted and/ordifferent numbers of the OFDM symbols, it may be referred to as that thenumerologies are different.

A wired connection (for example, means in compliance with the CPRI(Common Public Radio Interface) such as an optical fiber, an X2interface and so on) or a wireless connection may be established betweenthe radio base station 11 and the radio base stations 12 (or between tworadio base stations 12).

The radio base station 11 and the radio base stations 12 are eachconnected with a higher station apparatus 30, and are connected with acore network 40 via the higher station apparatus 30. Note that thehigher station apparatus 30 may be, for example, access gatewayapparatus, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility managemententity (MME) and so on, but is by no means limited to these. Also, eachradio base station 12 may be connected with the higher station apparatus30 via the radio base station 11.

Note that the radio base station 11 is a radio base station having arelatively wide coverage, and may be referred to as a “macro basestation,” a “central node,” an “eNB (eNodeB),” a “transmitting/receivingpoint” and so on. The radio base stations 12 are radio base stationshaving local coverages, and may be referred to as “small base stations,”“micro base stations,” “pico base stations,” “femto base stations,”“HeNBs (Home eNodeBs),” “RRHs (Remote Radio Heads),”“transmitting/receiving points” and so on. Hereinafter, the radio basestations 11 and 12 will be collectively referred to as “radio basestations 10,” unless specified otherwise.

Each of the user terminals 20 is a terminal that supports variouscommunication schemes such as LTE and LTE-A, and may include not onlymobile communication terminals (mobile stations) but stationarycommunication terminals (fixed stations).

In the radio communication system 1, as radio access schemes, orthogonalfrequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is applied to the downlink,and single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) and/orOFDMA is applied to the uplink.

OFDMA is a multi-carrier communication scheme to perform communicationby dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands(subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier. SC-FDMA is a singlecarrier communication scheme to mitigate interference between terminalsby dividing the system bandwidth into bands formed with one orcontiguous resource blocks per terminal, and allowing a plurality ofterminals to use mutually different bands. Note that the uplink anddownlink radio access schemes are by no means limited to thecombinations of these, and other radio access schemes may be used.

In the radio communication system 1, a downlink shared channel (PDSCH(Physical Downlink Shared Channel), which is used by each user terminal20 on a shared basis, a broadcast channel (PBCH (Physical BroadcastChannel)), downlink L1/L2 control channels and so on, are used asdownlink channels. User data, higher layer control information, SIBs(System Information Blocks) and so on are communicated on the PDSCH. TheMIBs (Master Information Blocks) are communicated on the PBCH.

The downlink L1/L2 control channels include a PDCCH (Physical DownlinkControl Channel), an EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink ControlChannel), a PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), a PHICH(Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel) and so on. Downlink controlinformation (DCI), including PDSCH and/or PUSCH scheduling information,and so on are communicated on the PDCCH.

Note that, the DCI scheduling DL data reception may be referred to as“DL assignment,” and the DCI scheduling UL data transmission may bereferred to as “UL grant.”

In the radio communication system 1, an uplink shared channel (PUSCH(Physical Uplink Shared Channel)), which is used by each user terminal20 on a shared basis, an uplink control channel (PUCCH (Physical UplinkControl Channel)), a random access channel (PRACH (Physical RandomAccess Channel)) and so on are used as uplink channels. User data,higher layer control information and so on are communicated on thePUSCH. In addition, radio quality information (CQI (Channel QualityIndicator)) of the downlink, delivery confirmation information, ascheduling request (SR), and so on are transmitted on the PUCCH. Bymeans of the PRACH, random access preambles for establishing connectionswith cells are communicated.

In the radio communication system 1, a cell-specific reference signal(CRS), a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), ademodulation reference signal (DMRS), a positioning reference signal(PRS), and so on are transmitted as downlink reference signals. In theradio communication system 1, a measurement reference signal (SRS(Sounding Reference Signal)), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS),and so on are transmitted as uplink reference signals. Note that DMRSmay be referred to as a “user terminal specific reference signal(UE-specific Reference Signal).” Transmitted reference signals are by nomeans limited to these.

<Radio Base Station>

FIG. 6 is a diagram to show an example of an overall structure of theradio base station according to the present embodiment. A radio basestation 10 includes a plurality of transmitting/receiving antennas 101,amplifying sections 102, transmitting/receiving sections 103, a basebandsignal processing section 104, a call processing section 105 and atransmission line interface 106. Note that the radio base station 10 maybe configured to include one or more transmitting/receiving antennas101, one or more amplifying sections 102 and one or moretransmitting/receiving sections 103.

User data to be transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the userterminal 20 by the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus30 to the baseband signal processing section 104, via the transmissionline interface 106.

In the baseband signal processing section 104, the user data issubjected to transmission processes, such as a PDCP (Packet DataConvergence Protocol) layer process, division and coupling of the userdata, RLC (Radio Link Control) layer transmission processes such as RLCretransmission control, MAC (Medium Access Control) retransmissioncontrol (for example, an HARQ transmission process), scheduling,transport format selection, channel coding, an inverse fast Fouriertransform (IFFT) process, and a precoding process, and the result isforwarded to each transmitting/receiving section 103. Furthermore,downlink control signals are also subjected to transmission processessuch as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform, and theresult is forwarded to each transmitting/receiving section 103.

The transmitting/receiving sections 103 convert baseband signals thatare pre-coded and output from the baseband signal processing section 104on a per antenna basis, to have radio frequency bands and transmit theresult. The radio frequency signals having been subjected to frequencyconversion in the transmitting/receiving sections 103 are amplified inthe amplifying sections 102, and transmitted from thetransmitting/receiving antennas 101. The transmitting/receiving sections103 can be constituted with transmitters/receivers,transmitting/receiving circuits or transmitting/receiving apparatus thatcan be described based on general understanding of the technical fieldto which the present disclosure pertains. Note that eachtransmitting/receiving section 103 may be structured as atransmitting/receiving section in one entity, or may be constituted witha transmitting section and a receiving section.

Meanwhile, as for uplink signals, radio frequency signals that arereceived in the transmitting/receiving antennas 101 are amplified in theamplifying sections 102. The transmitting/receiving sections 103 receivethe uplink signals amplified in the amplifying sections 102. Thetransmitting/receiving sections 103 convert the received signals intothe baseband signal through frequency conversion and outputs to thebaseband signal processing section 104.

In the baseband signal processing section 104, user data that isincluded in the uplink signals that are input is subjected to a fastFourier transform (FFT) process, an inverse discrete Fourier transform(IDFT) process, error correction decoding, a MAC retransmission controlreceiving process, and RLC layer and PDCP layer receiving processes, andforwarded to the higher station apparatus 30 via the transmission lineinterface 106. The call processing section 105 performs call processing(setting up, releasing and so on) for communication channels, managesthe state of the radio base station 10, manages the radio resources andso on.

The transmission line interface 106 transmits and/or receives signals toand/or from the higher station apparatus 30 via a certain interface. Thetransmission line interface 106 may transmit and/or receive signals(backhaul signaling) with other radio base stations 10 via an inter-basestation interface (for example, an optical fiber in compliance with theCPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) and an X2 interface).

Note that the transmitting/receiving sections 103 may further include ananalog beamforming section to perform analog beamforming. The analogbeamforming section may be constituted with an analog beamformingcircuit (for example, a phase shifter, a phase shift circuit) or ananalog beamforming apparatus (for example, a phase shift apparatus) thatcan be described based on general understanding of the technical fieldto which the present invention pertains. For example, thetransmitting/receiving antennas 101 may be constituted with an arrayantenna.

FIG. 7 is a diagram to show an example of a functional structure of theradio base station according to the present embodiment. Note that, thepresent example primarily shows functional blocks that pertain tocharacteristic parts of the present embodiment, and it is assumed thatthe radio base station 10 may include other functional blocks that arenecessary for radio communication as well.

The baseband signal processing section 104 at least includes a controlsection (scheduler) 301, a transmission signal generation section 302, amapping section 303, a received signal processing section 304, and ameasurement section 305. Note that these structures may be included inthe radio base station 10, and some or all of the structures do not needto be included in the baseband signal processing section 104.

The control section (scheduler) 301 controls the whole of the radio basestation 10. The control section 301 can be constituted with acontroller, a control circuit or control apparatus that can be describedbased on general understanding of the technical field to which thepresent disclosure pertains.

The control section 301, for example, controls the generation of signalsin the transmission signal generation section 302, the mapping ofsignals by the mapping section 303, and so on. The control section 301controls the signal receiving processes in the received signalprocessing section 304, the measurements of signals in the measurementsection 305, and so on.

The control section 301 controls the scheduling (for example, resourceallocation) of system information, a downlink data signal (for example,a signal transmitted in the PDSCH), a downlink control signal (forexample, a signal transmitted in the PDCCH, delivery confirmationinformation, and the like). Based on the results of determiningnecessity or not of retransmission control to the uplink data signal, orthe like, the control section 301 controls generation of a downlinkcontrol signal, a downlink data signal, and so on.

The control section 301 controls the scheduling of a synchronizationsignal (for example, PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal)/SSS (SecondarySynchronization Signal)), SSB, a downlink reference signal (for example,CRS, CSI-RS, DMRS), and so on.

The control section 301 controls the scheduling of an uplink data signal(for example, a signal transmitted in the PUSCH), an uplink controlsignal (for example, a signal transmitted on the PUCCH and/or the PUSCH,delivery confirmation information, and the like), a random accesspreamble (for example, a signal transmitted on the PRACH), an uplinkreference signal, and the like.

The control section 301 may perform control to form a transmission beamand/or received beam by using digital BF (for example, precoding) in thebaseband signal processing section 104 and/or analog BF (for example,phase rotation) in the transmitting/receiving sections 103. The controlsection 301 may perform control to form a beam, based on downlinkchannel information, uplink channel information, and the like. Thesepieces of channel information may be acquired from the received signalprocessing section 304 and/or the measurement section 305.

The transmission signal generation section 302 generates downlinksignals (downlink control signals, downlink data signals, downlinkreference signals and so on) based on commands from the control section301 and outputs the downlink signals to the mapping section 303. Thetransmission signal generation section 302 can be constituted with asignal generator, a signal generation circuit or signal generationapparatus that can be described based on general understanding of thetechnical field to which the present disclosure pertains.

For example, the transmission signal generation section 302 generates DLassignment to report assignment information of downlink data and/or ULgrant to report assignment information of uplink data, based on commandsfrom the control section 301. The DL assignment and the UL grant areboth DCI, and follow the DCI format. For a downlink data signal,encoding processing and modulation processing are performed inaccordance with a coding rate, modulation scheme, or the like determinedbased on channel state information (CSI) from each user terminal 20.

The mapping section 303 maps the downlink signals generated in thetransmission signal generation section 302 to certain radio resources,based on commands from the control section 301, and outputs these to thetransmitting/receiving sections 103. The mapping section 303 can beconstituted with a mapper, a mapping circuit or mapping apparatus thatcan be described based on general understanding of the technical fieldto which the present disclosure pertains.

The received signal processing section 304 performs receiving processes(for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding and so on) of receivedsignals that are input from the transmitting/receiving sections 103.Here, the received signals are, for example, uplink signals that aretransmitted from the user terminals 20 (uplink control signals, uplinkdata signals, uplink reference signals and so on). The received signalprocessing section 304 can be constituted with a signal processor, asignal processing circuit or signal processing apparatus that can bedescribed based on general understanding of the technical field to whichthe present disclosure pertains.

The received signal processing section 304 outputs the decodedinformation acquired through the receiving processes to the controlsection 301. For example, if the received signal processing section 304receives the PUCCH including HARQ-ACK, the received signal processingsection 304 outputs the HARQ-ACK to the control section 301. Thereceived signal processing section 304 outputs the received signalsand/or the signals after the receiving processes to the measurementsection 305.

The measurement section 305 conducts measurements with respect to thereceived signals. The measurement section 305 can be constituted with ameasurer, a measurement circuit or measurement apparatus that can bedescribed based on general understanding of the technical field to whichthe present disclosure pertains.

For example, the measurement section 305 may perform RRM (Radio ResourceManagement) measurement, CSI (Channel State Information) measurement,and so on, based on the received signal. The measurement section 305 maymeasure a received power (for example, RSRP (Reference Signal ReceivedPower)), a received quality (for example, RSRQ (Reference SignalReceived Quality), an SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio), anSNR (Signal to Noise Ratio)), a signal strength (for example, RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indicator)), channel information (for example,CSI), and so on. The measurement results may be output to the controlsection 301.

Note that the transmitting/receiving sections 103 transmit an RRC (RadioResource Control) reconfiguration message including information aboutreconfiguration with sync. The information about the resources for therandom access may include information for associating an index of eachsynchronization signal block and an index of each random accesspreamble. The information about the resources for the random access mayinclude information for associating an index of a resource for eachchannel state information reference signal and an index of each randomaccess preamble.

Also, the transmitting/receiving sections 103 may transmit at least oneof a master information block or a system information block (forexample, SIB1). The control section 301 may control the configuration ofthe control resource set.

<User Terminal>

FIG. 8 is a diagram to show an example of an overall structure of theuser terminal according to the present embodiment. A user terminal 20includes a plurality of transmitting/receiving antennas 201, amplifyingsections 202, transmitting/receiving sections 203, a baseband signalprocessing section 204 and an application section 205. Note that theuser terminal 20 may be configured to include one or moretransmitting/receiving antennas 201, one or more amplifying sections 202and one or more transmitting/receiving sections 203.

Radio frequency signals that are received in the transmitting/receivingantennas 201 are amplified in the amplifying sections 202. Thetransmitting/receiving sections 203 receive the downlink signalsamplified in the amplifying sections 202. The transmitting/receivingsections 203 convert the received signals into baseband signals throughfrequency conversion, and output the baseband signals to the basebandsignal processing section 204. The transmitting/receiving sections 203can be constituted with transmitters/receivers, transmitting/receivingcircuits or transmitting/receiving apparatus that can be described basedon general understanding of the technical field to which the presentdisclosure pertains. Note that each transmitting/receiving section 203may be structured as a transmitting/receiving section in one entity, ormay be constituted with a transmitting section and a receiving section.

The baseband signal processing section 204 performs, on each inputbaseband signal, an FFT process, error correction decoding, aretransmission control receiving process, and so on. The downlink userdata is forwarded to the application section 205. The applicationsection 205 performs processes related to higher layers above thephysical layer and the MAC layer, and so on. In the downlink data,broadcast information may be also forwarded to the application section205.

Meanwhile, the uplink user data is input from the application section205 to the baseband signal processing section 204. The baseband signalprocessing section 204 performs a retransmission control transmissionprocess (for example, an HARQ transmission process), channel coding,precoding, a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) process, an IFFT processand so on, and the result is forwarded to the transmitting/receivingsection 203.

The transmitting/receiving sections 203 convert the baseband signalsoutput from the baseband signal processing section 204 to have radiofrequency band and transmit the result. The radio frequency signalshaving been subjected to frequency conversion in thetransmitting/receiving sections 203 are amplified in the amplifyingsections 202, and transmitted from the transmitting/receiving antennas201.

Note that the transmitting/receiving sections 203 may further include ananalog beamforming section to perform analog beamforming. The analogbeamforming section may be constituted with an analog beamformingcircuit (for example, a phase shifter, a phase shift circuit) or ananalog beamforming apparatus (for example, a phase shift apparatus) thatcan be described based on general understanding of the technical fieldto which the present invention pertains. Also, for example, thetransmitting/receiving antennas 201 may be constituted with an arrayantenna.

FIG. 9 is a diagram to show an example of a functional structure of theuser terminal according to the present embodiment. Note that, thepresent example primarily shows functional blocks that pertain tocharacteristic parts of the present embodiment, and it is assumed thatthe user terminal 20 may include other functional blocks that arenecessary for radio communication as well.

The baseband signal processing section 204 provided in the user terminal20 at least includes a control section 401, a transmission signalgeneration section 402, a mapping section 403, a received signalprocessing section 404 and a measurement section 405. Note that thesestructures may be included in the user terminal 20, and some or all ofthe structures do not need to be included in the baseband signalprocessing section 204.

The control section 401 controls the whole of the user terminal 20. Thecontrol section 401 can be constituted with a controller, a controlcircuit or control apparatus that can be described based on generalunderstanding of the technical field to which the present disclosurepertains.

The control section 401, for example, controls the generation of signalsin the transmission signal generation section 402, the mapping ofsignals by the mapping section 403, and so on. The control section 401controls the signal receiving processes in the received signalprocessing section 404, the measurements of signals in the measurementsection 405, and so on.

The control section 401 acquires a downlink control signal and adownlink data signal transmitted from the radio base station 10, fromthe received signal processing section 404. The control section 401controls generation of an uplink control signal and/or an uplink datasignal, based on the results of determining necessity or not ofretransmission control to a downlink control signal and/or a downlinkdata signal.

The control section 401 may perform control to form a transmission beamand/or received beam by using digital BF (for example, precoding) in thebaseband signal processing section 204 and/or analog BF (for example,phase rotation) in the transmitting/receiving sections 203. The controlsection 401 may perform control to form a beam, based on downlinkchannel information, uplink channel information, and the like. Thesepieces of channel information may be acquired from the received signalprocessing section 404 and/or the measurement section 405.

If the control section 401 acquires a variety of information reported bythe radio base station 10 from the received signal processing section404, the control section 401 may update parameters to use for control,based on the information.

The transmission signal generation section 402 generates uplink signals(uplink control signals, uplink data signals, uplink reference signalsand so on) based on commands from the control section 401, and outputsthe uplink signals to the mapping section 403. The transmission signalgeneration section 402 can be constituted with a signal generator, asignal generation circuit or signal generation apparatus that can bedescribed based on general understanding of the technical field to whichthe present disclosure pertains.

For example, the transmission signal generation section 402 generates anuplink control signal about delivery confirmation information, thechannel state information (CSI), and so on, based on commands from thecontrol section 401. The transmission signal generation section 402generates uplink data signals, based on commands from the controlsection 401. For example, when a UL grant is included in a downlinkcontrol signal that is reported from the radio base station 10, thecontrol section 401 commands the transmission signal generation section402 to generate the uplink data signal.

The mapping section 403 maps the uplink signals generated in thetransmission signal generation section 402 to radio resources, based oncommands from the control section 401, and outputs the result to thetransmitting/receiving sections 203. The mapping section 403 can beconstituted with a mapper, a mapping circuit or mapping apparatus thatcan be described based on general understanding of the technical fieldto which the present disclosure pertains.

The received signal processing section 404 performs receiving processes(for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding and so on) of receivedsignals that are input from the transmitting/receiving sections 203.Here, the received signals are, for example, downlink signalstransmitted from the radio base station 10 (downlink control signals,downlink data signals, downlink reference signals and so on). Thereceived signal processing section 404 can be constituted with a signalprocessor, a signal processing circuit or signal processing apparatusthat can be described based on general understanding of the technicalfield to which the present disclosure pertains. The received signalprocessing section 404 can constitute the receiving section according tothe present disclosure.

The received signal processing section 404 outputs the decodedinformation acquired through the receiving processes to the controlsection 401. The received signal processing section 404 outputs, forexample, broadcast information, system information, RRC signaling, DCIand so on, to the control section 401. The received signal processingsection 404 outputs the received signals and/or the signals after thereceiving processes to the measurement section 405.

The measurement section 405 conducts measurements with respect to thereceived signals. For example, the measurement section 405 may performintra-frequency measurement and/or inter-frequency measurement for oneor both of the first carrier and the second carrier. In a case that theserving cell is included in the first carrier, the measurement section405 may perform inter-frequency measurement in the second carrier, basedon the measurement indication acquired from the received signalprocessing section 404. The measurement section 405 can be constitutedwith a measurer, a measurement circuit or a measurement apparatus thatcan be described based on general understanding of the technical fieldto which the present disclosure pertains.

For example, the measurement section 405 may perform RRM measurement,CSI measurement, and so on, based on the received signal. Themeasurement section 405 may measure a received power (for example,RSRP), a received quality (for example, RSRQ, SINR, SNR), a signalstrength (for example, RSSI), channel information (for example, CSI),and so on. The measurement results may be output to the control section401.

Note that the transmitting/receiving sections 203 receive an RRC (RadioResource Control) reconfiguration message including information aboutreconfiguration with sync. The information about the resources for therandom access may include information for associating an index of eachsynchronization signal block and an index of each random accesspreamble. The information about the resources for the random access mayinclude information for associating an index of a resource for eachchannel state information reference signal and an index of each randomaccess preamble.

Also, the transmitting/receiving sections 203 may receive at least oneof a master information block or a system information block (forexample, SIB1).

The control section 401 may control quasi-co-location about a controlresource set, based on information about resources for random access inthe information about the reconfiguration.

Specifically, the control section 401 may assume that an antenna port ofa demodulation reference signal of a downlink control channel in thecontrol resource set is quasi-co-located to a synchronization signalblock of a certain index specified by the information for associating anindex of each synchronization signal block and an index of each randomaccess preamble (first aspect).

The control section 401 may assume that an antenna port of ademodulation reference signal of a downlink control channel in thecontrol resource set is quasi-co-located to a synchronization signalblock quasi-co-located to a resource for a channel state informationreference signal of a certain index specified by the information forassociating an index of a resource for each channel state informationreference signal and an index of each random access preamble (secondaspect).

The control section 401 may configure the control resource set, based onan index in a master information block or a system information block.

<Hardware Structure>

Note that the block diagrams that have been used to describe the aboveembodiments show blocks in functional units. These functional blocks(components) may be implemented in arbitrary combinations of at leastone of hardware and software. The method for implementing eachfunctional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functionalblock may be realized by one piece of apparatus that is physically orlogically coupled, or may be realized by directly or indirectlyconnecting two or more physically or logically separate pieces ofapparatus (for example, via wire, wireless, or the like) and using theseplurality of pieces of apparatus.

For example, a radio base station, a user terminal, and so on accordingto one embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computerthat executes the processes of the radio communication method of thepresent disclosure. FIG. 10 is a diagram to show an example of ahardware structure of the radio base station and the user terminalaccording to one embodiment. Physically, the above-described radio basestation 10 and user terminals 20 may each be formed as computerapparatus that includes a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003,a communication apparatus 1004, an input apparatus 1005, an outputapparatus 1006, a bus 1007, and so on.

Note that, in the following description, the word “apparatus” may beinterpreted as “circuit,” “device,” “unit,” and so on. The hardwarestructure of the radio base station 10 and the user terminals 20 may bedesigned to include one or a plurality of apparatuses shown in thedrawings, or may be designed not to include part of pieces of apparatus.

For example, although only one processor 1001 is shown, a plurality ofprocessors may be provided. Furthermore, processes may be implementedwith one processor or may be implemented at the same time, in sequence,or in different manners with two or more processors. Note that theprocessor 1001 may be implemented with one or more chips.

Each function of the radio base station 10 and the user terminals 20 isimplemented, for example, by allowing certain software (programs) to beread on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, and byallowing the processor 1001 to perform calculations to controlcommunication via the communication apparatus 1004 and control at leastone of reading and writing of data in the memory 1002 and the storage1003.

The processor 1001 controls the whole computer by, for example, runningan operating system. The processor 1001 may be configured with a centralprocessing unit (CPU), which includes interfaces with peripheralapparatus, control apparatus, computing apparatus, a register, and soon. For example, the above-described baseband signal processing section104 (204), call processing section 105, and so on may be implemented bythe processor 1001.

Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), softwaremodules, data, and so on from at least one of the storage 1003 and thecommunication apparatus 1004, into the memory 1002, and executes variousprocesses according to these. As for the programs, programs to allowcomputers to execute at least part of the operations of theabove-described embodiments are used. For example, the control section401 of each user terminal 20 may be implemented by control programs thatare stored in the memory 1002 and that operate on the processor 1001,and other functional blocks may be implemented likewise.

The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may beconstituted with, for example, at least one of a ROM (Read Only Memory),an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically EPROM), aRAM (Random Access Memory), and other appropriate storage media. Thememory 1002 may be referred to as a “register,” a “cache,” a “mainmemory (primary storage apparatus)” and so on. The memory 1002 can storeexecutable programs (program codes), software modules, and the like forimplementing the radio communication method according to one embodimentof the present disclosure.

The storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may beconstituted with, for example, at least one of a flexible disk, a floppy(registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, acompact disc (CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM) and so on), a digital versatiledisc, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a removable disk, a harddisk drive, a smart card, a flash memory device (for example, a card, astick, and a key drive), a magnetic stripe, a database, a server, andother appropriate storage media. The storage 1003 may be referred to as“secondary storage apparatus.”

The communication apparatus 1004 is hardware (transmitting/receivingdevice) for allowing inter-computer communication via at least one ofwired and wireless networks, and may be referred to as, for example, a“network device,” a “network controller,” a “network card,” a“communication module,” and so on. The communication apparatus 1004 maybe configured to include a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter,a frequency synthesizer, and so on in order to realize, for example, atleast one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex(TDD). For example, the above-described transmitting/receiving antennas101 (201), amplifying sections 102 (202), transmitting/receivingsections 103 (203), transmission line interface 106, and so on may beimplemented by the communication apparatus 1004.

The input apparatus 1005 is an input device that receives input from theoutside (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, abutton, a sensor, and so on). The output apparatus 1006 is an outputdevice that allows sending output to the outside (for example, adisplay, a speaker, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp, and so on). Notethat the input apparatus 1005 and the output apparatus 1006 may beprovided in an integrated structure (for example, a touch panel).

Furthermore, these types of apparatus, including the processor 1001, thememory 1002, and others, are connected by a bus 1007 for communicatinginformation. The bus 1007 may be formed with a single bus, or may beformed with buses that vary between pieces of apparatus.

Also, the radio base station 10 and the user terminals 20 may bestructured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digitalsignal processor (DSP), an ASIC (Application Specific IntegratedCircuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), an FPGA (Field ProgrammableGate Array), and so on, and part or all of the functional blocks may beimplemented by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may beimplemented with at least one of these pieces of hardware.

(Variations)

Note that the terminology described in the present disclosure and theterminology that is needed to understand the present disclosure may bereplaced by other terms that convey the same or similar meanings. Forexample, at least one of “channels” and “symbols” may be “signals”(“signaling”). Also, “signals” may be “messages.” A reference signal maybe abbreviated as an “RS,” and may be referred to as a “pilot,” a “pilotsignal,” and so on, depending on which standard applies. Furthermore, a“component carrier (CC)” may be referred to as a “cell,” a “frequencycarrier,” a “carrier frequency” and so on.

A radio frame may be constituted of one or a plurality of periods(frames) in the time domain. Each of one or a plurality of periods(frames) constituting a radio frame may be referred to as a “subframe.”Furthermore, a subframe may be constituted of one or a plurality ofslots in the time domain. A subframe may be a fixed time length (forexample, 1 ms) independent of numerology.

Here, numerology may be a communication parameter applied to at leastone of transmission and reception of a certain signal or channel. Forexample, numerology may indicate at least one of a subcarrier spacing(SCS), a bandwidth, a symbol length, a cyclic prefix length, atransmission time interval (TTI), the number of symbols per TTI, a radioframe structure, a particular filter processing performed by atransceiver in the frequency domain, a particular windowing processingperformed by a transceiver in the time domain, and so on.

A slot may be constituted of one or a plurality of symbols in the timedomain (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols,SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbols, andso on). Furthermore, a slot may be a time unit based on numerology.

A slot may include a plurality of mini-slots. Each mini-slot may beconstituted of one or a plurality of symbols in the time domain. Amini-slot may be referred to as a “sub-slot.” A mini-slot may beconstituted of symbols less than the number of slots. A PDSCH (or PUSCH)transmitted in a time unit larger than a mini-slot may be referred to as“PDSCH (PUSCH) mapping type A.” A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using amini-slot may be referred to as “PDSCH (PUSCH) mapping type B.”

A radio frame, a subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, and a symbol all expresstime units in signal communication. A radio frame, a subframe, a slot, amini-slot, and a symbol may each be called by other applicable terms.Note that time units such as a frame, a subframe, a slot, mini-slot, anda symbol in the present disclosure may be interchangeably interpreted.

For example, one subframe may be referred to as a “transmission timeinterval (TTI),” a plurality of consecutive subframes may be referred toas a “TTI” or one slot or one mini-slot may be referred to as a “TTI.”That is, at least one of a subframe and a TTI may be a subframe (1 ms)in existing LTE, may be a shorter period than 1 ms (for example, 1 to 13symbols), or may be a longer period than 1 ms. Note that a unitexpressing TTI may be referred to as a “slot,” a “mini-slot,” and so oninstead of a “subframe.”

Here, a TTI refers to the minimum time unit of scheduling in radiocommunication, for example. For example, in LTE systems, a radio basestation schedules the allocation of radio resources (such as a frequencybandwidth and transmission power that are available for each userterminal) for the user terminal in TTI units. Note that the definitionof TTIs is not limited to this.

TTIs may be transmission time units for channel-encoded data packets(transport blocks), code blocks, or codewords, or may be the unit ofprocessing in scheduling, link adaptation, and so on. Note that, whenTTIs are given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols)to which transport blocks, code blocks, codewords, or the like areactually mapped may be shorter than the TTIs.

Note that, in the case where one slot or one mini-slot is referred to asa TTI, one or more TTIs (that is, one or more slots or one or moremini-slots) may be the minimum time unit of scheduling. Furthermore, thenumber of slots (the number of mini-slots) constituting the minimum timeunit of the scheduling may be controlled.

A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be referred to as a “normal TTI”(TTI in LTE Rel. 8 to Rel. 12), a “long TTI,” a “normal subframe,” a“long subframe,” a “slot” and so on. A TTI that is shorter than a normalTTI may be referred to as a “shortened TTI,” a “short TTI,” a “partialor fractional TTI,” a “shortened subframe,” a “short subframe,” a“mini-slot,” a “sub-slot,” a “slot” and so on.

Note that a long TTI (for example, a normal TTI, a subframe, and so on)may be interpreted as a TTI having a time length exceeding 1 ms, and ashort TTI (for example, a shortened TTI and so on) may be interpreted asa TTI having a TTI length shorter than the TTI length of a long TTI andequal to or longer than 1 ms.

A resource block (RB) is the unit of resource allocation in the timedomain and the frequency domain, and may include one or a plurality ofconsecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number ofsubcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of numerology,and, for example, may be 12. The number of subcarriers included in an RBmay be determined based on numerology.

Also, an RB may include one or a plurality of symbols in the timedomain, and may be one slot, one mini-slot, one subframe, or one TTI inlength. One TTI, one subframe, and so on each may be constituted of oneor a plurality of resource blocks.

Note that one or a plurality of RBs may be referred to as a “physicalresource block (PRB (Physical RB)),” a “sub-carrier group (SCG),” a“resource element group (REG),” a “PRB pair,” an “RB pair” and so on.

Furthermore, a resource block may be constituted of one or a pluralityof resource elements (REs). For example, one RE may correspond to aradio resource field of one subcarrier and one symbol.

A bandwidth part (BWP) (which may be referred to as a “fractionalbandwidth,” and so on) may represent a subset of contiguous commonresource blocks (common RBs) for certain numerology in a certaincarrier. Here, a common RB may be specified by an index of the RB basedon the common reference point of the carrier. A PRB may be defined by acertain BWP and may be numbered in the BWP.

The BWP may include a BWP for the UL (UL BWP) and a BWP for the DL (DLBWP). One or a plurality of BWPs may be configured in one carrier for aUE.

At least one of configured BWPs may be active, and a UE does not need toassume to transmit/receive a certain signal/channel outside active BWPs.Note that a “cell,” a “carrier,” and so on in the present disclosure maybe interpreted as a “BWP”.

Note that the above-described structures of radio frames, subframes,slots, mini-slots, symbols, and so on are merely examples. For example,structures such as the number of subframes included in a radio frame,the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number ofmini-slots included in a slot, the numbers of symbols and RBs includedin a slot or a mini-slot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB,the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix(CP) length, and so on can be variously changed.

Also, the information, parameters, and so on described in the presentdisclosure may be represented in absolute values or in relative valueswith respect to certain values, or may be represented in anothercorresponding information. For example, radio resources may be specifiedby certain indices.

The names used for parameters and so on in the present disclosure are inno respect limiting. Furthermore, mathematical expressions that usethese parameters, and so on may be different from those expresslydisclosed in the present disclosure. For example, since various channels(PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), PDCCH (Physical DownlinkControl Channel), and so on) and information elements can be identifiedby any suitable names, the various names allocated to these variouschannels and information elements are in no respect limiting.

The information, signals, and so on described in the present disclosuremay be represented by using any of a variety of different technologies.For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits,symbols, chips, and so on, all of which may be referenced throughout theherein-contained description, may be represented by voltages, currents,electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields orphotons, or any combination of these.

Also, information, signals, and so on can be output in at least one offrom higher layers to lower layers and from lower layers to higherlayers. Information, signals, and so on may be input and/or output via aplurality of network nodes.

The information, signals, and so on that are input and/or output may bestored in a specific location (for example, a memory) or may be managedby using a management table. The information, signals, and so on to beinput and/or output can be overwritten, updated, or appended. Theinformation, signals, and so on that are output may be deleted. Theinformation, signals, and so on that are input may be transmitted toanother apparatus.

Reporting of information is by no means limited to theaspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure, and othermethods may be used as well. For example, reporting of information maybe implemented by using physical layer signaling (for example, downlinkcontrol information (DCI), uplink control information (UCI), higherlayer signaling (for example, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling,broadcast information (master information block (MIB), systeminformation block (SIB), and so on), MAC (Medium Access Control)signaling and so on), and other signals or combinations of these.

Note that physical layer signaling may be referred to as “L1/L2 (Layer1/Layer 2) control information (L1/L2 control signals),” “L1 controlinformation (L1 control signal),” and so on. Also, RRC signaling may bereferred to as an “RRC message,” and can be, for example, an RRCconnection setup (RRCConnectionSetup) message, an RRC connectionreconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message, and so on. Also,MAC signaling may be reported using, for example, MAC control elements(MAC CEs).

Also, reporting of certain information (for example, reporting of “Xholds”) does not necessarily have to be reported explicitly, and can bereported implicitly (by, for example, not reporting this certaininformation or reporting another piece of information).

Determinations may be made in values represented by one bit (0 or 1),may be made in Boolean values that represent true or false, or may bemade by comparing numerical values (for example, comparison against acertain value).

Software, whether referred to as “software,” “firmware,” “middleware,”“microcode,” or “hardware description language,” or called by otherterms, should be interpreted broadly to mean instructions, instructionsets, code, code segments, program codes, programs, subprograms,software modules, applications, software applications, softwarepackages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, executionthreads, procedures, functions, and so on.

Also, software, commands, information, and so on may be transmitted andreceived via communication media. For example, when software istransmitted from a website, a server, or other remote sources by usingat least one of wired technologies (coaxial cables, optical fibercables, twisted-pair cables, digital subscriber lines (DSL), and so on)and wireless technologies (infrared radiation, microwaves, and so on),at least one of these wired technologies and wireless technologies arealso included in the definition of communication media.

The terms “system” and “network” used in the present disclosure are usedinterchangeably.

In the present disclosure, the terms such as “precoding,” a “precoder,”a “weight (precoding weight),” “transmission power,” “phase rotation,”an “antenna port,” a “layer,” the “number of layers,” a “rank,” a“beam,” a “beam width,” a “beam angle,” an “antenna,” an “antennaelement,” a “panel,” and so on can be used interchangeably.

In the present disclosure, the terms such as a “base station (BS),” a“radio base station,” a “fixed station,” a “NodeB,” an “eNodeB (eNB),” a“gNodeB (gNB),” an “access point,” a “transmission point (TP),” a“reception point (RP),” a “transmission/reception point (TRP),” a“panel,” a “cell,” a “sector,” a “cell group,” a “carrier,” a “componentcarrier,” and so on can be used interchangeably. The base station may bereferred to as the terms such as a “macro cell,” a small cell,” a “femtocell,” a “pico cell,” and so on.

A base station can accommodate one or a plurality of (for example,three) cells. When a base station accommodates a plurality of cells, theentire coverage area of the base station can be partitioned intomultiple smaller areas, and each smaller area can provide communicationservices through base station subsystems (for example, indoor small basestations (RRHs (Remote Radio Heads))). The term “cell” or “sector”refers to part of or the entire coverage area of at least one of a basestation and a base station subsystem that provides communicationservices within this coverage.

In the present disclosure, the terms “mobile station (MS),” “userterminal,” “user equipment (UE),” and “terminal” may be usedinterchangeably.

A mobile station may be referred to as a “subscriber station,” “mobileunit,” “subscriber unit,” “wireless unit,” “remote unit,” “mobiledevice,” “wireless device,” “wireless communication device,” “remotedevice,” “mobile subscriber station,” “access terminal,” “mobileterminal,” “wireless terminal,” “remote terminal,” “handset,” “useragent,” “mobile client,” “client,” or some other appropriate terms insome cases.

At least one of a base station and a mobile station may be referred toas a “transmitting apparatus,” a “receiving apparatus,” and so on. Notethat at least one of a base station and a mobile station may be devicemounted on a mobile body or a mobile body itself, and so on. The mobilebody may be a vehicle (for example, a car, an airplane, and the like),may be a mobile body which moves unmanned (for example, a drone, anautomatic operation car, and the like), or may be a robot (a manned typeor unmanned type). Note that at least one of a base station and a mobilestation also includes an apparatus which does not necessarily moveduring communication operation.

Furthermore, the radio base station in the present disclosure may beinterpreted as a user terminal. For example, each aspect/embodiment ofthe present disclosure may be applied to the structure that replaces acommunication between a radio base station and a user terminal with acommunication between a plurality of user terminals (for example, whichmay be referred to as “D2D (Device-to-Device),” “V2X(Vehicle-to-Everything),” and the like). In this case, the userterminals 20 may have the functions of the radio base stations 10described above. The words “uplink” and “downlink” may be interpreted asthe words corresponding to the terminal-to-terminal communication (forexample, “side”). For example, an uplink channel, a downlink channel andso on may be interpreted as a side channel.

Likewise, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be interpretedas a radio base station. In this case, the radio base stations 10 mayhave the functions of the user terminals 20 described above.

Actions which have been described in the present disclosure to beperformed by a base station may, in some cases, be performed by uppernodes. In a network including one or a plurality of network nodes withbase stations, it is clear that various operations that are performed tocommunicate with terminals can be performed by base stations, one ormore network nodes (for example, MMEs (Mobility Management Entities),S-GW (Serving-Gateways), and so on may be possible, but these are notlimiting) other than base stations, or combinations of these.

The aspects/embodiments illustrated in the present disclosure may beused individually or in combinations, which may be switched depending onthe mode of implementation. The order of processes, sequences,flowcharts, and so on that have been used to describe theaspects/embodiments in the present disclosure may be re-ordered as longas inconsistencies do not arise. For example, although various methodshave been illustrated in the present disclosure with various componentsof steps in exemplary orders, the specific orders that are illustratedherein are by no means limiting.

The aspects/embodiments illustrated in the present disclosure may beapplied to LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), LTE-B(LTE-Beyond), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobilecommunication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system),FRA (Future Radio Access), New-RAT (Radio Access Technology), NR(NewRadio), NX (New radio access), FX (Future generation radio access), GSM(registered trademark) (Global System for Mobile communications), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registeredtrademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20,UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), systems that useother adequate radio communication methods and next-generation systemsthat are enhanced based on these. A plurality of systems may be combined(for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A and 5G, and the like) andapplied.

The phrase “based on” (or “on the basis of”) as used in the presentdisclosure does not mean “based only on” (or “only on the basis of”),unless otherwise specified. In other words, the phrase “based on” (or“on the basis of”) means both “based only on” and “based at least on”(“only on the basis of” and “at least on the basis of”).

Reference to elements with designations such as “first,” “second,” andso on as used in the present disclosure does not generally limit thequantity or order of these elements. These designations may be used inthe present disclosure only for convenience, as a method fordistinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, reference to thefirst and second elements does not imply that only two elements may beemployed, or that the first element must precede the second element insome way.

The term “judging (determining)” as in the present disclosure herein mayencompass a wide variety of actions. For example, “judging(determining)” may be interpreted to mean making “judgments(determinations)” about judging, calculating, computing, processing,deriving, investigating, looking up (for example, searching a table, adatabase, or some other data structures), ascertaining, and so on.

Furthermore, “judging (determining)” may be interpreted to mean making“judgments (determinations)” about receiving (for example, receivinginformation), transmitting (for example, transmitting information),input, output, accessing (for example, accessing data in a memory), andso on.

In addition, “judging (determining)” as used herein may be interpretedto mean making “judgments (determinations)” about resolving, selecting,choosing, establishing, comparing, and so on. In other words, “judging(determining)” may be interpreted to mean making “judgments(determinations)” about some action.

In addition, “judging (determining)” may be interpreted as “assuming,”“expecting,” “considering,” and the like.

“The maximum transmit power” according to the present disclosure maymean a maximum value of the transmit power, may mean the nominal maximumtransmit power (the nominal UE maximum transmit power), or may mean therated maximum transmit power (the rated UE maximum transmit power).

The terms “connected” and “coupled,” or any variation of these terms asused in the present disclosure mean all direct or indirect connectionsor coupling between two or more elements, and may include the presenceof one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are“connected” or “coupled” to each other. The coupling or connectionbetween the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof.For example, “connection” may be interpreted as “access.”

In the present disclosure, when two elements are connected, the twoelements may be considered “connected” or “coupled” to each other byusing one or more electrical wires, cables and printed electricalconnections, and, as some non-limiting and non-inclusive examples, byusing electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in radio frequencyregions, microwave regions, (both visible and invisible) opticalregions, or the like.

In the present disclosure, the phrase “A and B are different” may meanthat “A and B are different from each other.” Note that the phrase maymean that “A and B is each different from C.” The terms “separate,” “becoupled,” and so on may be interpreted similarly to “different.”

When terms such as “include,” “including,” and variations of these areused in the present disclosure, these terms are intended to beinclusive, in a manner similar to the way the term “comprising” is used.Furthermore, the term “or” as used in the present disclosure is intendedto be not an exclusive disjunction.

For example, in the present disclosure, when an article such as “a,”“an,” and “the” in the English language is added by translation, thepresent disclosure may include that a noun after these articles is in aplural form.

Now, although the invention according to the present disclosure has beendescribed in detail above, it should be obvious to a person skilled inthe art that the invention according to the present disclosure is by nomeans limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure.The invention according to the present disclosure can be implementedwith various corrections and in various modifications, without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention defined by the recitations ofclaims. Consequently, the description of the present disclosure isprovided only for the purpose of explaining examples, and should by nomeans be construed to limit the invention according to the presentdisclosure in any way.

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 7. A terminal comprising: a receiver that receives aradio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message includinginformation regarding reconfiguration with synchronization; and aprocessor that controls a quasi co-location of a demodulation referencesignal antenna port for a downlink control channel in a control resourceset based on information regarding random access resources within theinformation regarding the reconfiguration with synchronization.
 8. Theterminal according to claim 7, wherein the processor assumes that thedemodulation reference signal antenna port is quasi co-located with asynchronization signal block of an index identified in the informationregarding random access resources.
 9. The terminal according to claim 8,wherein the processor controls a transmission of a random accesspreamble associated with the synchronization signal block.
 10. Theterminal according to claim 7, wherein the processor assumes that thedemodulation reference signal antenna port is quasi co-located with achannel state information reference signal resource of an indexidentified in the information regarding random access resources.
 11. Theterminal according to claim 10, wherein the processor controls atransmission of a random access preamble associated with the channelstate information reference signal resource.
 12. A radio communicationmethod for a terminal comprising: receiving a radio resource control(RRC) reconfiguration message including information regardingreconfiguration with synchronization; and controlling a quasico-location of a demodulation reference signal antenna port for adownlink control channel in a control resource set based on informationregarding random access resources within the information regarding thereconfiguration with synchronization.
 13. Abase station comprising: aprocessor that controls to include, in information regardingreconfiguration with synchronization, information regarding randomaccess resources for a terminal to control a quasi co-location of ademodulation reference signal antenna port for a downlink controlchannel in a control resource set; and a transmitter that transmits aradio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including theinformation regarding the reconfiguration with synchronization to theterminal.
 14. A system comprising: a terminal that comprises: a receiverthat receives a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration messageincluding information regarding reconfiguration with synchronization;and a processor of the terminal that controls a quasi co-location of ademodulation reference signal antenna port for a downlink controlchannel in a control resource set based on information regarding randomaccess resources within the information regarding the reconfigurationwith synchronization, a base station that comprises: a processor of thebase station that controls to include, in the information regarding thereconfiguration with synchronization, the information regarding randomaccess resources; and a transmitter that transmits the RRCreconfiguration message to the terminal.